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We seldom break our leg so long as life continues a toilsome upward climb. The danger comes when we begin to take things easily and choose the convenient paths.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Friedrich Nietzsche
Age: 55 †
Born: 1844
Born: October 15
Died: 1900
Died: August 25
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Classical Philologist
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Frîdrîk Nîtşe
Fridrih Wilhelm Niče
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Federico Nietzsche
Frédéric Nietzsche
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Fryderyk Nietzsche
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Phreiderikos Nitse
Long
Easily
Upward
Things
Begin
Convenient
Life
Danger
Paths
Choose
Climb
Path
Continues
Break
Climbs
Comes
Seldom
Take
Legs
Toilsome

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